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Immigrants are remaining in Britain illegally because the UK Border Agency is
failing to act on information provided by MPs, it has been claimed.

In spite of being given the names of migrants with no right to be in Britain,
officials are not visiting the addresses also provided, the Commons Home
Affairs Select Committee was told.

Steve McCabe, Labour MP for Birmingham Selly Oak, told the committee: “I have
had people come to see me who it is absolutely clear have no well-founded
right to be in this country. I have shared that with UK Border Agency and I
have